- a short pointed knife that is used as a weapon
- Each man was armed with both sword and dagger.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- curved
- sharp
- ceremonial
- …
- draw
- pull out
- unsheathe
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: perhaps from obsolete dag ‘pierce, stab’, influenced by Old French dague ‘long dagger’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See dagger in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryat daggers drawn
- (British English) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other
glare/look daggers at somebody
- to look at somebody in a very angry way
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